Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NIccolo' Machiavelli http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/comment-page-1/#comment-32265 NIccolo' Machiavelli Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:08:36 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/#comment-32265 We see a pattern developing here with the "green" development of Bloomberg and Doctoroff (B & D, as they have been called). Downzoning in some neighborhoods to the applause of the anti-development folks, pushing density off to industrial areas and shoe-horning in suburban style big boxes and parking lots, making the developers happy. Its a political shell game played with development rights and parking. Hopefully this particular location will choke on the traffic and lose money. It will generate a much bigger traffic mess than either IKEA or Lowes. Who gets credit for Whole Foods politically? Or was that deal done so quickly and surreptitiously that it is in no one's win column? We see a pattern developing here with the “green” development of Bloomberg and Doctoroff (B & D, as they have been called).
Downzoning in some neighborhoods to the applause of the anti-development folks, pushing density off to industrial areas and shoe-horning in suburban style big boxes and parking lots, making the developers happy. Its a political shell game played with development rights and parking. Hopefully this particular location will choke on the traffic and lose money. It will generate a much bigger traffic mess than either IKEA or Lowes. Who gets credit for Whole Foods politically? Or was that deal done so quickly and surreptitiously that it is in no one’s win column?

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/comment-page-1/#comment-32259 ddartley Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:44:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/#comment-32259 Whole Foods: forgive if this is a repeat--but the Union Square one has (had?) another dubious practice: on rainy days, a mean looking security guard at the entrance hands out plastic bags to every patron who enters with an umbrella (remember, it's a very busy store), and insists they put their umbrella in it. The policy goes very nicely with the signs they have posted up the whole side of their up-escalator, talking about how many tons of plastic garbage Americans produce, and how we should all switch to reusable bags. Whole Foods:

forgive if this is a repeat–but the Union Square one has (had?) another dubious practice: on rainy days, a mean looking security guard at the entrance hands out plastic bags to every patron who enters with an umbrella (remember, it’s a very busy store), and insists they put their umbrella in it. The policy goes very nicely with the signs they have posted up the whole side of their up-escalator, talking about how many tons of plastic garbage Americans produce, and how we should all switch to reusable bags.

]]> By: Charlie D. http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/comment-page-1/#comment-32256 Charlie D. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:32:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/04/todays-headlines-171/#comment-32256 Re: Grandmother killed by ice cream truck "He was not charged with a crime, but police did issue summonses for equipment violations and failing to yield to a pedestrian." What the heck?! How about "vehicular homicide"?! Re: Grandmother killed by ice cream truck

“He was not charged with a crime, but police did issue summonses for equipment violations and failing to yield to a pedestrian.”

What the heck?! How about “vehicular homicide”?!

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